Cambria Freeman, Ebensburg, Pa. Friday, July 17, 1903 CAMBRIA COUNTAIN KILLED Tragic Death by Explosion in Northwest of Henry Layman, Former Resident of Richland Township News by letter has been received, says the Johnstown Tribune, of the tragic death at his home in Washington state of Henry Layman, a native of Richland Township, which occurred June 25 following an explosion of rock powder. Interment was made June 26 in a cemetery near the deceased’s home. According to the letter received in Johnstown, Mr. Layman on June 22 was trying to open a 25-pound can of rock powder with a pickax, when an explosion occurred. The impact threw him over a fence and caused burns and injuries from which he died three days later. Physicians did everything possible to relieve his sufferings until death freed him. Henry Layman left this state some years ago and went to northwestern Ohio, when he moved successively to Nebraska, and Washington He is survived by a wife and four children; one sister, Mary, wife of Stephen Stutzman of Upper Yoder township; and two brothers, John Layman and Peter Layman, both of Richland township. He was 53 years old at the time of his death. DEATHS In the space of four hours, from 4 until 11 on last Tuesday evening, four men in Johnstown met violent deaths, all being instantly killed. The first victim was a Hungarian laborer, George Kanazovitz, aged 22 years, who was crushed to death by a heavily loaded truck in the Franklin car hops. Findlay McDonald, a Canadian, 28 years of age, was the second victim. He was a railroader and was crushed under a freight car in the Conemaugh yards. Henry Brown, aged 22, a colored night porter at the Merchants’ hotel was the third victim. He broke his neck by a fall down the elevator shaft. A man supposed to be Henry C. Rippen was struck by a passenger train at the Pennsylvania railroad depot. His body was horribly mangled and identification is uncertain. _________________________________________________________________ Be the filmmaker you always wanted to be—learn how to burn a DVD with Windows®. http://clk.atdmt.com/MRT/go/108588797/direct/01/